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The word 'lance'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lanceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.898
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lance in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
, you would want to tilt your lance at Kierkegaard, would you? I on page 57

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r wis a hish ye cuid cut wi a lance-teeth saw. He wis the scoorie on page 85

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm fair in terror o that lance.
Bruce: Aye, noo he's got his lance in rest
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Machiavellian Fer-de-lance, Will seize the day! on page 31

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
time afore Martin plunged his lance deep intae the hairt o the ba on page 80

1 matches

General Central

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Than ilkane brak his esh-lance on the fae on page 87

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And ne'er wud lance that boil on page 29

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
nce, Clegs dart oot the fiery lance'. Dae ye ken yer wee beasties(2020)